Class 1A playoffs: Villa Grove shuts down West Central

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Oct 28, 2012 at 12:01 AMOct 28, 2012 at 2:12 PM

VILLA GROVE — Junior quarterback John Henderson threw for four touchdowns and also rushed for 193 yards and scored another TD to lead Villa Grove High School to a 48-8 victory over Winchester West Central in a first-round Class 1A football playoff game Saturday.

Staff report

VILLA GROVE — Junior quarterback John Henderson threw for four touchdowns and also rushed for 193 yards and scored another TD to lead Villa Grove High School to a 48-8 victory over Winchester West Central in a first-round Class 1A football playoff game Saturday.

The host Blue Devils (9-1) advanced to a second-round game against Maroa-Forsyth (9-1) next weekend.
The West Central Cougars lost in the first round for the second straight year and finished 6-4.

The Blue Devils built a 34-0 lead early in the third quarter before the Cougars’ Austin Boehs broke the shutout on a 45-yard touchdown run with 10 minutes 15 seconds left in the third period.

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